, and it shouldn't be made about america. i think that was the assumption that really drove the administration, and america counts -- couldn't change the course of history. those were good propositions, but beyond that, there was a set of problems, and libya was an easy one for two really republicans beyond just the location and the consequences because it's relatively limited. syria has consequences for almost all the neighbors. one is that for the first time in history, you had almost all the arab rulers and the public at a time agreeing, you know, that this guy, gadhafi, should go, and support intervention. you had an international security council resolution enabling it. those two are huge. you know, in a a time, particularly, looking for legitimacy, i mean the two are not comparable or separate from the situation, but the one thing we have to be careful about, though, is to leap into the cop collusion that we just embraced democratic change and it's irreversible. let me tell you why, and it's not yet there, and i think t